Humans beings like to believe they are at the top of the food chain. When something else eats one it is not only upsetting to the victim’s friends and relatives, it also seems slightly improper—a reversal of the natural order of things. Such attacks are thus often portrayed as aberrations from predators’ normal behaviour. In the case of sharks, for example, the fish are assumed to have mistaken human swimmers for seals or turtles. But Erich Ritter, of the Shark Research Institute, an American charitable foundation, begs to differ. He thinks sharks know exactly what they are doing when they attack people, and he believes he has the data to prove it. econ.st/1crsLIR
Posted on: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0000
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